diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
index 032b0cc991..a4a6a477a3 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
           case Some(p) =>
             becomeActive(p, load.state)
           case None =>
-            // waiting for LoadStateReply
+            // waiting for Start
             waitingForStart(producerId, context, stashBuffer, durableQueue, settings, producer, Some(load.state))
         }
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ private class WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl[A: ClassTag](
               // wait until more demand
               false
             } else if (s.requested && wasStashed) {
-              // msg was unstashed, but pending request alread in progress
+              // msg was unstashed, but pending request already in progress
               true
             } else if (durableQueue.isDefined && !s.requested && !wasStashed) {
               // msg ResendDurableMsg, and stashed before storage
@@ -460,14 +460,18 @@ private class WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl[A: ClassTag](
         replyTo ! Done
       }
 
-      s.handOver.get(seqNr).foreach {
-        case HandOver(oldConfirmationQualifier, oldSeqNr) =>
-          durableQueue.foreach { d =>
-            d ! StoreMessageConfirmed(oldSeqNr, oldConfirmationQualifier, System.currentTimeMillis())
-          }
-      }
+      val wasHandOver =
+        s.handOver.get(seqNr) match {
+          case Some(HandOver(oldConfirmationQualifier, oldSeqNr)) =>
+            durableQueue.foreach { d =>
+              d ! StoreMessageConfirmed(oldSeqNr, oldConfirmationQualifier, System.currentTimeMillis())
+            }
+            true
+          case None =>
+            false
+        }
 
-      val newState = onMessage(m, wasStashed = false, replyTo = None, seqNr)
+      val newState = onMessage(m, wasStashed = wasHandOver, replyTo = None, seqNr)
       active(newState.copy(replyAfterStore = newState.replyAfterStore - seqNr, handOver = newState.handOver - seqNr))
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/typed/delivery/WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/typed/delivery/WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec.scala
index 387ac5d140..ed6b058c21 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/typed/delivery/WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/typed/delivery/WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package akka.persistence.typed.delivery
 
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import java.util.UUID
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       testKit.stop(consumerController)
       consumerProbe.expectTerminated(consumerController)
 
+      system.log.info("------------------ Start 2")
+
       val producerController2 = spawn(
         WorkPullingProducerController[String](
           producerId,
@@ -82,6 +85,13 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       val consumerController2 = spawn(ConsumerController[String](serviceKey))
       consumerController2 ! ConsumerController.Start(consumerProbe.ref)
 
+      // start two consumers (same consumerProbe) to reproduce issue #29854
+      val consumerController3 = spawn(ConsumerController[String](serviceKey))
+      consumerController3 ! ConsumerController.Start(consumerProbe.ref)
+
+      val requestNext4 = producerProbe.receiveMessage()
+      producerProbe.expectNoMessage()
+
       val delivery1 = consumerProbe.receiveMessage()
       delivery1.message should ===("a")
       delivery1.confirmTo ! ConsumerController.Confirmed
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       delivery3.message should ===("c")
       delivery3.confirmTo ! ConsumerController.Confirmed
 
-      val requestNext4 = producerProbe.receiveMessage()
+      producerProbe.expectNoMessage()
       requestNext4.sendNextTo ! "d"
 
       val delivery4 = consumerProbe.receiveMessage()
@@ -153,6 +163,7 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       delivery3.confirmTo ! ConsumerController.Confirmed
 
       val requestNext4 = producerProbe.receiveMessage()
+      producerProbe.expectNoMessage()
       requestNext4.sendNextTo ! "d"
 
       // TODO Should we try harder to deduplicate first?
@@ -208,7 +219,10 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       val batch1 = 15
       val confirmed1 = 10
       (1 to batch1).foreach { n =>
-        producerProbe.receiveMessage().sendNextTo ! s"msg-$n"
+        val reqNext = producerProbe.receiveMessage()
+        if (n == 1 || n == 7 || n == 13) // not checking all because takes too much time
+          producerProbe.expectNoMessage(50.millis) // issue #29854
+        reqNext.sendNextTo ! s"msg-$n"
       }
 
       (1 to confirmed1).foreach { _ =>
@@ -229,6 +243,10 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
       val consumerController4 = spawn(ConsumerController[String](serviceKey))
       consumerController4 ! ConsumerController.Start(consumerProbe.ref)
 
+      // start two consumers (same consumerProbe) to reproduce issue #29854
+      val consumerController5 = spawn(ConsumerController[String](serviceKey))
+      consumerController5 ! ConsumerController.Start(consumerProbe.ref)
+
       val producerController2 = spawn(
         WorkPullingProducerController[String](
           producerId,
@@ -238,7 +256,10 @@ class WorkPullingWithEventSourcedProducerQueueSpec
 
       val batch2 = 5
       (batch1 + 1 to batch1 + batch2).foreach { n =>
-        producerProbe.receiveMessage().sendNextTo ! s"msg-$n"
+        val reqNext = producerProbe.receiveMessage()
+        if (n == batch1 + 1 || n == batch1 + 3) // not checking all because takes too much time
+          producerProbe.expectNoMessage(50.millis) // issue #29854
+        reqNext.sendNextTo ! s"msg-$n"
       }
 
       consumerProbe.fishForMessage(consumerProbe.remainingOrDefault) { delivery =>